Peace in border areas clearly remains basis for normal ties with China: EAM
Peace and tranquillity in the border areas clearly remains the basis for normal relations between India and China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday amid the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh.
Jaishankar said the last few years have been a period of "serious challenge", both for the relationship and for the prospects of the Asian continent.
"The continuation of the current impasse will not benefit either India or China. New normals of posture will inevitably lead to new normals of responses," he said, referring to the border row.
"It is the willingness to take a long-term view of their ties that the two countries must display today," Jaishankar said in an address at a conference on 'China's Foreign Policy and International Relations in the New Era'.
He said India's search for a "more balanced" and "stable relationship" with China was severely impacted by the border row in eastern Ladakh.
"Given the developments of 2020, they obviously focus on an effectiv